An apparatus for promoting the clotting of blood and controlling bleedingcomprises a receptacle for retaining molecular sieve material in particulateform therein. A pad for controlling bleeding comprises a mesh structure and arigid or semi-rigid support attached to the mesh structure to facilitate theapplication of pressure to the pad and the wound. A bandage applicable to ableeding wound comprises a mesh structure and a flexible substrate attached tothe mesh structure, the substrate being a cloth or plastic member that may beadhesively attached to cover a wound. In any embodiment, at least a portion ofthe receptacle or mesh structure is defined by a mesh having openings therein,and at least a portion of the particulate molecular sieve material is indirect contact with blood.
